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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Vaccine preparedness: Lessons from Lyantonde, Uganda
African Journal of AIDS Research, Volume 5, No. 1, Year 2006
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Description
To explore how to better educate rural Africans about preventive HIV/AIDS vaccine trials, 15 semi-structured, open-ended interviews were conducted with villagers in Lyantonde, Rakai District, Uganda. This study reports on the findings by focusing on the attitudes, knowledge and questions the rural villagers had about HIV/AIDS-preventive vaccine testing. While several interviewees confused preventive vaccines with therapeutic vaccines, most were clear about the distinction and about key questions to ask about vaccine testing. In addition, some subjects manifested high levels of trust in the likely effectiveness of preventive vaccines, even in the testing stages, most subjects demonstrated the potential to be intelligently inquisitive about the likely effects. In sum, these villagers show the potential to be reliable subjects, motivated for appropriate reasons, and willing to play a role in advancing the progress of HIV/AIDS vaccine development in Africa. Copyright © NISC Pty Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ritvo, Paul G.
Canada, Toronto
York University
Willms, Dennis G.
Canada, Hamilton
Mcmaster University
Meisner, Robert
United States, Cambridge
Harvard University
Brown, Laura
Canada, Toronto
Toronto General Hospital
Goldman, Adam
Canada, Toronto
Toronto General Hospital
Sewankambo, Nelson K.
Uganda, Kampala
Makerere University
Statistics
Citations: 6
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.2989/16085900609490362
ISSN:
16085906
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Uganda